Windows98SE Open Programs 1

[glenncman]

My 200mhtz pentium seems to be running slow. I know I can now upgrade rather inexpensively, but would rather see if I can make my existing system better.
I do the ctl-alt-del thingee and see all the open programs; then I go into the setting-start menu and do not find those open programs listed.

How do I find what/where those programs are being made active, and how do I know:
1. If I can (and should I) safely close those programs
2. Where to go to and how to close those programs

If you can reference me to a good book or on-line source to get myself more informed on this subject area I would really appreciate being able to get more capable. thanks.

 

[Zorlod]

Start menu|programs|accessories|system tools|system information
From there choose bootup or startup or something along those lines. You can go through the system.ini and win.ini files as well, but i would only disable starting up something that i absolutely knew what it was.

 

[Comtech]

Just go to Start > Run > and type in: msconfig
Look on the Startup tab.
Uncheck everything you don't want, and you can always recheck later.
LOTS more in my FAQ in this forum...

Cheers,
Jim

http://members.cnx.net/reboot/

 

[otis93]

msconfig is the main place to look but there may also be startups in C:\windows\all users\start menu\programs\startup